NetSmartz TEEN VOLUNTEER KIT: Router's Birthday Surprise. Presenter's Notes

NetSmartz TEEN VOLUNTEER KIT: Router's Birthday Surprise Presenter's Notes

2 Router's Birthday Surprise Presentation Notes Hey, kids! I want to introduce you to my friends Clicky, Gig, Nettie, Webster, and Router. They know all about being safer online, and they made a movie to teach you! The movie is called Router s Birthday Surprise and it will help you learn how to U-Y-N which means Use Your NetSmartz. Are you ready to see Router s Birthday Surprise? Alright, let s go! CLICKY: Come on. I can t believe we are this late, Gig! There s so much to do today. GIG: Beep, beep, beep! CLICKY: Tell me about it! We ve got e-mail sorting, new games to make, new songs to write, and we still have to plan Router s surprise birthday party. GIG: Beep, beep. CLICKY: What do you mean, when s his birthday? It s TODAY! Let s go! Oh look, Gig. They re here. GIG: Beep, beep. CLICKY: Hey, kids! I hope you weren t waiting too long. My name is Clicky and this is my good friend, Gig. Say hi, Gig! GIG: Beep. CLICKY: Gig s a little camera shy. I m glad you re with us today. We ve got so much to show you, including how to UYN! CLICKY (CONT D): UYN means Use Your NetSmartz. We call it UYN for short. We ll show you the true meaning of UYN and if you listen closely, you can become an official NetSmartz Kid! CLICKY (CONT D): On the count of three, I want everyone to shout UYN! CLICKY (CONT D): 1, 2, 3! Here we go! PROMPT AUDIENCE The presentation will not stop. Prompt the audience to yell U-Y-N with Clicky. more fuuuuuuuuuuuuun! CLICKY: The Internet is used every day by billions of people across the universe. It s an endless virtual world full of knowledge, excitement, and CLICKY (CONT D): And more fun, than you can ever imagine! CLICKY (CONT D): Welcome to the NetSmartzKids.org Control Room. The whole team is here, Nettie, Webster... NETTIE AND WEBSTER: Hey, everybody! CLICKY: And Rou where s Router? WEBSTER: It s his birthday. We let him sleep in. CLICKY: I was just telling all the kids out there all the cool things you do on the Internet. WEBSTER: Oh yeah! Come look at this. WEBSTER (CONT D): Check out my new favorite video game on the Internet! NETTIE: I was just blogging about my favorite movies. This one was sooo romantic! WEBSTER: Ew! WEBSTER (CONT D): I just bought a tuxedo for my virtual pet. Whaddya think? CLICKY: That s virtually awesome, Webster! Whaddya say, Gig? Hi-five! CLICKY (CONT D) : Like the kids were just saying, the Internet is an excellent place to learn new things. Things like dinosaurs and space shuttles, kangaroos and Abraham Lincoln NETTIE: Four score and seven years ago WEBSTER: Hehe. Guys, guess what time it is? CLICKY: I don t know, Webster, what time is it?

3 WEBSTER: It s time for the weekly joke. Here s one I just found online. Knock, knock. NETTIE AND CLICKY: Who s there? WEBSTER: Interrupting Cow. NETTIE AND CLICKY: Interrupting co Homework, jokes, games, and blogs---you sure can do a lot online. Can anyone tell me what they like to do on the Internet (pause for response)? Something that a lot of people like to do online is send e-mail. Sending e-mail is like sending a letter over the Internet. Hey---it looks like the crew just got one. NETTIE AND WEBSTER: E-mail! CLICKY: Who s it from, Webster? WEBSTER: It s Fritz! He said he s coming to Router s surprise birthday party today! CLICKY: That s great! Good ole Fritzy. Hey, did you guys finish that list? We should go over that before Router gets in. WEBSTER: Okay. CLICKY: Today is Router s birthday and he thinks we ve forgotten. We re planning a big surprise party for him and we have to make sure he doesn t find out. WEBSTER: Here s the list, Clicky. We need to get Router s favorite food, clam chowder, and a brand new chew toy from the pet store. CLICKY: You should have seen the last one. CLICKY (CONT D): He ripped the squeaker out in two seconds! WEBSTER: Oh, and he really wants a yellow banana to wear around his neck. NETTIE: That s bandana, Webster. WEBSTER: That s what I said, Nettie. NETTIE: Um, no. You said banana. NETTIE AND WEBSTER: Ooo, e-mail! NETTIE: This is a good one, Clicky. It s to you. CLICKY: Let me hear it. NETTIE: Dear Clicky, you re the coolest, bestest robot! Thanks for teaching me the four rules of online safety. Your friend, netsurfer001. CLICKY: That just made my day! NETTIE: Do THEY know the four rules? CLICKY: I don t know. Let s ask them. CLICKY (CONT D): Do you know the four rules of online safety? No? Then let s tell them. CLICKY (CONT D): Hello, Hello, Hello! Welcome to What Rule is it Anyway? featuring the four NetSmartz Rules of Online Safety. Contestants, you will be playing for our studio audience today. Are you ready? NETTIE AND WEBSTER: Ready! Are you ready to play a game with Clicky? Listen closely so you can answer his questions and learn how to be safer online. CLICKY: Rule #1 - What should you do if you see something online that makes you feel sad, scared, or confused? A) wash your feet; B) hide in your tree house; or C) tell a trusted adult.

4 Can you guess the answer? Raise your hand if you think it s A) wash your feet (pause for response). Raise your hand if you think it s B) hide in your tree house (pause for response). Raise your hand if you think it s C) tell a trusted adult (pause for response). Good job. Let s see what Nettie and Webster say. WEBSTER: I know! It s C! Tell a trusted adult. CLICKY: I m sorry to say... you are correct! Good job, Webster. Rule #2 - Which of these is information you should not share online without asking a trusted adult first? A) your name and address; B) Webster s smelly gym socks; or C) a cat s hairball. Who knows this one? Raise your hand if you think it s A) your name and address (pause for response). Raise your hand if you think it s B) Webster s smelly gym socks (pause for response). Raise your hand if you think it s C) a cat s hairball (pause for response). I hope it s not Webster s gym socks! NETTIE: The correct answer is A, your name and address. CLICKY: Nettie, you are right! CLICKY (CONT D): Rule #3 Should you meet people from the Internet face-to-face? A) sure, it s good to make new friends; B) no, don t meet anyone offline; or C) maybe, but only if you bring them a cheesecake. Hmm. A tough one. Raise your hand if you think it s A) sure, it s good to make new friends (pause for response). Raise your hand if you think it s B) no, don t meet anyone offline (pause for response). Raise your hand if you think it s C) maybe, but only if you bring them a cheesecake (pause for response). Let s see if Nettie and Webster agree. WEBSTER: Oh, oh, oh! It s the cheesecake one! CLICKY: Wow! What enthusiasm! But, actually-- WEBSTER: Haha. I m just kiddin. It s B don t meet anyone offline. CLICKY: That is correct, although I could use some cheesecake right about now! And finally Rule #4 What does it mean to use good netiquette? A) not being rude or mean online; B) not being rude or mean to Nettie; or C) being nice to bugs.

5 Raise your hand if you think it s A) not being rude or mean online (pause for response). Raise your hand if you think it s B) not being rude or mean to Nettie (pause for response). Raise your hand if you think it s C) being nice to bugs (pause for response). Let s see what Nettie and Webster think. NETTIE: That would be A not being rude or mean online. CLICKY: Boys and girls, we are tied. Now, for the tie breaker, give me an example of a trusted adult. A trusted adult is someone that you can talk to and who can help you when you are feeling sad, scared, or confused. Can you give me some examples of trusted adults (pause for response)? OK, now let s see what the kids think. WEBSTER: I know, I know! It could be a mom! A dad! A teacher! A police officer! A grandma! A grandpa! An aunt! An uncle! CLICKY: Okay. Good job. Enough examples. Boys and girls, we have a winner! The little brother has finally outmatched his older sister! NETTIE: I taught him well. CLICKY: Thank you for playing What Rule is it, Anyway? CLICKY: Hey, Router. ROUTER: Whimper. CLICKY: What are you trying to say? Do you have an appointment with the veterinarian today? I don t get it. Is it time for your weekly bath? ROUTER: Whimper. CLICKY: Router, I don t understand what you are trying to tell me. Router, where are you going? C mon! Come back! CLICKY (CONT D): I don t like seeing Router so sad, but how else are we supposed to surprise him without pretending we forgot his birthday? NETTIE AND WEBSTER: E-mail! NETTIE: Clicky! I think something is wrong! CLICKY: Give me the facts. WEBSTER: Look at all these e-mails, Clicky! Kids are reporting the Outlaws all over the Internet! CLICKY: I knew it! It s Meet-Me Mack and the Webville Outlaws. Gig, what s the word on the net? GIG: Beep, beep, beep. CLICKY: What? The Outlaws broke out of jail? GIG: Beep. CLICKY: Again? GIG: Beep, beep. CLICKY: And they re singing karaoke? I ve had it! These Outlaws are not going to keep messing up the Internet for everyone else, not on my watch. CLICKY (CONT D): Kids, it is your right to have a great time on the Internet. It s your right to learn, play games, and be safer online. But sometimes there are people who want to ruin your fun, and that s why you have me. CLICKY (CONT D): I even got my own jingle. CLICKY (CONT D): Alright, Nettie and Webster. I need you two to keep an eye on Router. He thinks no one remembered his birthday, and I don t want to see him getting too sad. Since I m heading to Webville, I reckon I ll wrangle up that yellow banana for him. CLICKY (CONT D): Yee-haw! NETTIE: Bandana, Clicky! CLICKY: That s what I said, Nettie!

6 Do you know what an outlaw is? An outlaw is someone who doesn t follow the rules. The Webville Outlaws don t follow the rules of the Internet and try to ruin your time online. Sheriff Clicky has gone to Webville to catch them. He has them cornered in Stinky s Burger Barn, so let s take a look. CLICKY: Shhhh! POTTY-MOUTH PETE: I m Potty-Mouth Pete, and my words are not sweet. I say dirty things, and I curse and cheat! My belly is fully. I m a cyberbully. Watch me do the wooly-booly! LOOK-AT-DIS LOUIE: I ll show you the wooly-booly. Get outta here! Hey look at dis, and what about dis? I m Look-At-Dis Louie. Look at dis pic. Look at dis. Look at dat. Take a peek. Give it back. I m Look-At-Dis Louie and I like it like that! WANTA-KNOW WALLY: Um, excuse me. It s my turn. Look at this face; it s not very jolly. I wanna know things. I m Wanta- Know Wally. What s your phone number, and your address, too? I gotta know these things, cuz that s what I do. MEET-ME MACK: That was embarrassing. Give me the mic. I want to meet you offline and make you mine. You better watch your back, cuz I m Meet-Me Mack. I m very, very tricky hey, Sheriff Clicky! Sheriff Clicky! CLICKY: Hold it right there, Outlaws! MEET-ME MACK: Run, boys! CLICKY: Kids, pardon the dust. I m sure glad that Sheriff Clicky caught all of those Webville Outlaws. He s taking them over to the jailhouse, so let s meet him there. POTTY-MOUTH PETE: Ah, me too. WANTA-KNOW WALLY: Wow, Mack! You were absolutely magnificent on the piano. LOOK-AT-DIS LOUIE: Yeah, Mack. I was impressed. MEET-ME MACK: Ah, no big deal. I took a year of lessons in the sixth grade. And my mother, I give her the credit. CLICKY: Here they are: Potty-Mouth Pete, Look-At-Dis Louie, Wanta-Know Wally, and Meet-Me Mack. These Outlaws are guilty of crimes on the Internet. Alright kids, lets book em. Now listen up you smelly Outlaws, you ve been accused of messing up the Internet for all the good kids in this world. You should be ashamed of yourselves. So ashamed that I think I m gonna call your mommas. CLICKY (CONT D): Oh, I m sorry. I guess you aren t so tough after all. CLICKY (CONT D): Alright, we re gonna do this my way. Kids, it is your job to decide whether or not these Outlaws are going back to Webville Prison. Say guilty and they go back to jail. Say not guilty and they go free. We don t want that, do we? Alright, who s first? Look-At-Dis Louie, no you look at me. You have been accused of showing kids things they don t want to see. Things that make them feel sad, scared, and confused.

7 Have you ever met anyone online that tries to show you things that you don t want to see? Then you ve run into a Look-At-Dis Louie! He tries to get you to look at things that can make you feel sad, scared, or confused. So, what do you think, kids? Should he go to jail? Is he guilty, or not guilty (pause for response)? Let s check in with Nettie and Webster in the Control Room. NETTIE AND WEBSTER: Guilty! NETTIE: If you ever run into a Look-At-Dis-Louie... WEBSTER: And you see anything that makes you feel sad, scared, or confused... NETTIE: Tell a trusted adult! WEBSTER: Oh yeah! CLICKY: Potty-Mouth Pete, you stink. You have been accused of using bad language on the Internet and being a cyberbully. A Potty-Mouth Pete is someone who has nothing good to say. He s a cyberbully that says mean things online. Is this Outlaw guilty, or not guilty (pause for response)? Let s see what Nettie and Webster think. word. Uh, what does it mean? NETTIE AND WEBSTER: Guilty! WEBSTER: Always use good netiquette. Netiquette. That s a funny NETTIE: Netiquette means not being rude or mean online. WEBSTER: Like a Potty-Mouth Pete? NETTIE: Right, Webster! CLICKY: Off to the potty with you! Wanta-Know Wally. I tell you what, I wanna know why you ask kids for their personal information when that stuff is supposed to be private? We call someone who asks a lot of questions about your personal information a Wanta-Know Wally. They might ask your name, your address, and where you go to school but that s all information that you should keep to yourself. So, should Wanta-Know Wally go to jail? Guilty, or not guilty (pause for response)? Let s see.

8 NETTIE AND WEBSTER: Guilty NETTIE: If you ever run into a Wanta-Know Wally, always ask your trusted adult before sharing information. WEBSTER: Like your name, address, or phone number. NETTIE: Look at you! WANTA-KNOW WALLY: This is not fair. Where s my lawyer? CLICKY: Meet-Me Mack. Nice wheels. Mack, you have been accused of trying to meet kids offline. What is wrong with you? Anyone on the Internet who asks you to meet face-to-face is a Meet-Me Mack. You should tell your trusted adult about a Meet-Me Mack right away. Is this Outlaw guilty, or not guilty (pause for response)? Let s see if Nettie and Webster agree. NETTIE AND WEBSTER: Guilty! WEBSTER: Don t meet faceto-face with anyone from the Internet. NETTIE: Like a Meet-Me Mack. NETTIE AND WEBSTER: Book em, Sheriff Clicky! Good job putting those Webville Outlaws away. Don t forget the four rules of online safety, so that you will know what to do if you run into an Outlaw. Number 1 - Tell your trusted adult if anything makes you feel sad, scared, or confused. Number 2 - ask your trusted adult before sharing any information like your name, address, and phone number. Number 3 - Do not meet face-to-face with anyone from the Internet. And Number 4 - Always use good netiquette and do not be rude or mean online. Can you guys remember those? OK! Now, it s time to party. Let s go over to the park where Clicky, Nettie, and Webster are setting up for Router s party. Remember, it s a surprise party. When you see Router, yell Surprise! CLICKY: Okay, guys, listen up. CLICKY (CONT D): Excuse me, Larry. Fritz, quit licking the cake! Down. Good boy! Now, before we get started, let s all remember that Router still thinks everyone forgot his birthday. So when he gets here, we all need to give him the biggest surprise ever! GIG: Beep. PROMPT AUDIENCE The presentation will not stop. Prompt the audience to yell surprise with the characters.

9 CLICKY (CONT D): Okay. Gig said Router is right around the corner, so everyone hide and be very quiet. Here he comes. EVERYONE: Surprise! CLICKY: C mere, Router! You really think we would forget your birthday? EVERYONE: Happy birthday, Router! NETTIE: Router, I ve got your yellow bandana! C mere, boy! CLICKY: Well, I ll tell you what. I had a lot fun today. We learned how to be safer online and we had a great time doing it. We ve done so much today: play in a game show, put away the Webville Outlaws, and plan a birthday party. I hope you had a great time doing it and that you will remember to Use Your NetSmartz! To help remind you, let s have one more U-Y-N on the count of three. Ready? everyone! Be safer online. EVERYONE: 1, 2, 3 CLICKY, NETTIE, AND WEBSTER: UYN! CLICKY: Thanks for watching NETTIE: And offline too! WEBSTER: And always remember to Use Your NetSmartz! CLICKY: Good job. All right everyone. CLICKY, NETTIE, AND WEBSTER: See you next time! Good-bye! Thank you for being such a great audience for me, Clicky, and his friends. SUGGESTED ACTIVITY Challenge students to raise their hands and share the Internet safety rules. Give prizes to the students that get them right.